Tuesday, August 28, 2007
The Student Advisory Board of the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics wants students to get involved. The board invites students to the Student Kickoff Dinner at the Dole Institute today for pizza, cookies and an opportunity to make connections with the nation’s top public policymakers.
The event will introduce students to opportunities at the Dole Institute and with the Student Advisory Board.
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We’re asking them to come and pay attention in another classroom experience. But I can assure you, with the people they meet there are connections in internships and careers.
-Jonathan Earl, interim director of the Dole Institute
Beka Romm, Bennington senior and student outreach coordinator, said she hoped the event would encourage students to attend the study groups that the Dole Institute offers.
Dole Institute fellows Jennifer Schmidt and Jerry Austin will lead the study groups this fall. Schmidt has served as senior counsel in the U.S. Senate and chief of staff for the majority leader and the speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives. Her group “Women in Politics: Career Stories,” will meet at 4 p.m. on Wednesdays, beginning Sept. 5.
Austin is president of a political advertising company, Gerald J. Austin and Associates, Inc., and has worked with the Rev. Jesse Jackson on his political campaign. Austin’s group will meet at 4 p.m. Tuesdays, beginning Oct. 15.
Jonathan Earle, interim director of the Dole Institute, said attending a study group would be worth a student’s time.
“We’re asking them to come and pay attention in another classroom experience,” Earle said. “But I can assure you, with the people they meet there are connections in internships and careers.”
Former Dole Institute fellows have been very honest about their careers with students.
“The groups can be very candid and sometimes emotional,” Romm said. “But that’s the coolest part. Sometimes students will ask questions that we cringe at, but no question is off limits.”
Michael Brown, former director of FEMA, led a study group last year. Romm said one student asked Brown how he slept at night knowing he was responsible for the large death toll in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
“He was very open,” Romm said. “He said, ‘You do the best you can with every situation.’ ”
Romm said the student-oriented atmosphere of the study groups was due to the direct influence of the Dole Institute’s Student Advisory Board. Students will learn more about what the board does at the dinner and can sign up for newsletters to get involved.
Romm said the board was the first to meet to approve the fellows for study groups and generate group topics. She said the board instantly added value to a résumé.
“They’re the face of Dole,” Romm said. “They’re the movers and shakers on campus. You’ll find people who don’t go home at night and watch TV, but go to meetings and make networks with a million people.”
The begins at 5 p.m. today at the Dole Institute. For more information about the dinner or to get involved, call the institute at (785)864-4900.
— Edited by Elizabeth Cattell
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